Having escaped famine, I was accepted into Hogwarts.

Chapter 25 If the professor doesn't come to me, I'll go to the professor.

Kane looked at Neville with some surprise and slowly said, "You're a good person."

Neville nodded, his face flushed. "My grandma says the same thing about me, though she always adds 'weak' to it. But I think you might need someone to accompany you while you wear the flower wreath, so you don't feel so special? Consider it my way of thanking you for helping me yesterday."

Kane looked at Neville. Hmm, he'd met this younger brother before; he was a very good person.

However, there's really no need for that. I was just a little annoyed to see Harry and Ron gloating, but I'm not so upset that I would die just because someone saw me wearing a wreath.

"But Neville, if you really want to thank me, how about lending me your Lucky Strike so I can take care of it for a couple of days?"

Harry looked at Kane speechlessly. He had to do all the work for his Hukin. Now Hukin lived and ate with Hedwig every day. If it weren't for the reproductive isolation between the raven and the snow owl, who knows, an egg might have popped out one day.

Now he has to raise other people's pets, and they're even raising frogs, which he himself dislikes the most?

Something's not right. Based on his understanding of Kane, this kid definitely has some strange scheme in mind, probably up to no good!

Neville hesitated for a moment: "Then you have to guarantee Laifu's safety."

"I will absolutely not harm it. I will bring it back to you alive and kicking," Kane solemnly assured him.

Neville didn't hesitate; he reached into his pocket, pulled out his sticky, chubby Lucky Bean, and was about to hand it to Kane.

"Hmm..." After hesitating for a while, he still reached out and took the toad. He had personally shown off the kind of food that ordinary people dared not look at, such as roasted frog legs and frog leg sandwiches. It's just a toad, what's the big deal?

Soon, breakfast time ended, and the first-year wizards began their first class at Hogwarts.

Professor Flitwick is a half-human, half-elf wizard. He is quite short and is standing on a stack of books, barely able to reach the podium.

A professor capable of teaching a foundational subject like Charms could easily find a more respectable way to increase his height, or even simply fly, but he still chose to stand on books.

This puts into practice the saying that books are the ladder of human progress.

"The spell we are going to learn is a very basic and very simple spell. If you listen carefully to me, it will not be difficult at all."

"After all, the main purpose of using this spell as your first lesson is to teach you how to control your own magic and to recognize the importance of wand-waving gestures and spells."

"And this spell is very simple. I believe some of you already knew it before you enrolled. Now, who can demonstrate it for us?"

As soon as Professor Flitwick finished speaking, a few confident young wizards immediately raised their hands, with Hermione's hand being the highest. As expected, she ended up standing on the podium, facing the feather in front of her.

"Yugadimurleviosa!"

As soon as Hermione finished speaking, the feather in front of her slowly floated up.

"Five points for Gryffindor! Let's give Miss Granger a round of applause!"

The entire classroom erupted in laughter. Ron clapped until his palms were red, while Kane asked curiously, "What's the use of these extra points? Can participation points be added to the final grade?"

"No, I heard that if you get a high enough score, you can win the House Cup at the end of the term," Harry explained.

Although Kane arrived at Hogwarts before Harry, he actually knew far less information. So he pressed on, "What about the prize for the House Cup?"

"Hmm, the Great Hall will have that house's flag flying," Harry recalled.

"So? That's it?"

"Um."

Kane's hands, which had been clapping rapidly, slowed down. Evil adults were using useless honors to coerce young wizards into competing against each other. I'll do it myself!

"Mr. Kanehis, why don't you give a demonstration? As far as I know, you also practiced magic before the start of the semester," Professor Flitwick suddenly said, looking at Kanehis.

"Professor, since Gryffindor has already added five points, perhaps we should give the other houses a chance?" Kane said this, but he didn't hesitate and went straight to the podium.

He pulled out his wand, waved it, and chanted, "Yugadim Leviosa."

The wand's shadow twisted eerily for a moment before landing on the feather in front of it, and the feather slowly crouched in mid-air.

"Gryffindor gets another five points, and the next two are Slytherin. Slytherin wizards, get ready!"

Kane returned to his seat, toying with his wand as he symbolically practiced the Levitation Charm a few times. The charm wasn't difficult, with a low minimum requirement, but a high maximum requirement.

A levitation spell that makes enemies fly is actually a very good control skill. Don't underestimate it just because the spell seems simple.

The one-hour spell ended quickly, and the young wizards left the classroom one after another. Professor Flitwick also packed up his things to leave.

Kane patted Harry and Ron on the shoulder and said, "Wait for me outside for a bit."

After saying that, he jogged to the podium and called out to Professor Flitwick: "Professor, I have some questions for you."

Flitwick was very happy to see Kane. After all, the fact that these young wizards, whom Dumbledore didn't even need a password to meet, chose to ask him instead of Dumbledore when they encountered problems spoke volumes!

"Please ask if you have any questions," Professor Flitwick said with a smile.

Kane didn't speak first, but instead took the toad-shaped toad from his pocket and placed it on the podium.

"Professor, I think you should take out your wand and get ready," Kane reminded him.

"Thank you for reminding me." Professor Flitwick readily pulled out his wand.

Seeing this, Kane didn't hesitate and directly controlled the shadow to enter the body of Toad Laifu. Instantly, Laifu turned back into that disgusting appearance with glowing eyes and covered in pimples.

It watched as Professor Flitwick quickly stuck out his tongue, attempting to attack him, but ultimately the tongue struck a purple light barrier.

"This is the Ironclad Charm, a very useful spell. You'll learn it when you're in higher grades."

Professor Flitwick, watching Kane examine his purple light screen, offered an explanation before asking, "Dumbledore did tell us that your... shadow magic can do such amazing things. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Professor, if you hadn't been wearing armor, you wouldn't just have been injured by the toad's tongue, but due to some inexplicable principle, it would have also taken an item from you." Kane said, but Professor Flitwick was stunned halfway through.

"Um?"

Kane nodded: "Would you like to give it a try?"

Professor Flitwick removed his armor: "Of course, please."

The frog seized the opportunity and stuck out its tongue again.

Along with Professor Flitwick's seemingly painful hissing and laughing, there was a clatter as the keychain hanging from his waist abruptly fell to the ground.